As you probably are aware, you can freely drive all around New England without fear of wandering into a Republican congressman's district. As you probably also know, something ranging from a Republican ripple to a tsunami is coming November 2.

And yet....

Both of Maine's congressional seats appear to be staying safely blue, according to recent polls.

...there
is a realistic, if slim, possibility that Democrats could hold all six New
England governorships come January 2011. According to my extensive research --
OK, scrolling through Wikipedia, mostly -- I believe this would be the first
time that has happened ever, in the 200+ years of the party (including
when it was called the Democratic-Republican Party).